Irrelevant or Indispensable?: The United Nations in the Twenty-first Century

Contents

Acknowledgments ix List of Acronyms xi 1 Introduction 1 Paul Heinbecker and Patricia Goff from ideas to action 2 The United Nations: Adapting to the Twenty-first Century 9 Louise Fréchette 3 The Millennium Project: From Words to Action 19 Jeffrey Sachs 4 UN Reform and the High-level Panel Report on Threats, Challenges, and Change 25 Lord David Hannay 5 Implementing the Secretary General’s Report, “In Larger Freedom” 33 Bruce Jones freedom from want 6 The Monterrey Consensus: Developing the Policy Innovations 43 Nitin Desai 7 Ensuring Adequate Resources to Meet the Millennium Development Goals 63 John W. McArthur vii CONTENTS freedom from fear 8 WMD and Terrorism: Can the UN Help to Keep the Genie in the Bottle? 79 Jayantha Dhanapala 9 Legal and Legitimate Use of Force under the UN Charter: A Critical Analysis of the Report of the High-level Panel 89 Tom Farer 10 Small Arms, Big Killers 105 Keith Krause living in dignity 11 Freedom from Fear: Effective, Efficient, and Equitable Security 115 Ramesh Thakur 12 The UN Reform Agenda and Human Rights 131 Kenneth Roth institutional innovation 13 The UN Security Council: Reform or Enlarge? 143 Edward C. Luck 14 Working Better Together: Implementing the High-level Panel’s Recommendations on Peacebuilding 153 Shepard Forman mobilizing action 15 Making the Case for Change 169 Lloyd Axworthy 16 Managing the Reform Agenda: A Call for Timely Action 177 Jean Ping conclusion 17 The Way Forward 183 Paul Heinbecker Notes on Contributors 189 Appendix: Conference Agenda 193 viii contents ...